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Ford made headlines at CES this week when it announced a major partnership that will integrate Amazon’s technology into its cars, also following rumors that the company is working with Google to develop and manufacture self-driving cars.
Even a couple of years ago, these combinations would have seemed shockingly strange, but today the only thing remotely surprising is that it took… Read More

I’m in Las Vegas for this whole week, which means two things. One, I hate myself. Two, I’m constantly out at restaurants, which makes it even harder than usual to eat healthily.
MyFitnessPal, the popular nutrition and fitness app that was acquired by Under Armour last year, is unveiling a new feature today that should help. The app already allows you to log your meals at… Read More

MyFitnessPal, a popular health and fitness tracking app that was snatched up by athletic apparel maker Under Armour earlier this year for $475 million, is today making its first move to a paid model by introducing a premium tier to its service aimed at power users. In particular, paying users will be able to customize their MyFitnessPal dashboard in order to better track the types of… Read More

Endomondo, a social fitness network and publisher of mobile apps that allow users to track their workouts and challenge friends, and health tracker MyFitnessPal have been acquired by athletic apparel maker Under Armour, the company announced this afternoon.
Endomondo was bought for a purchase price of $85 million and MyFitnessPal was bought for $475 million. Read More

MyFitnessPal, a nutrition and fitness startup that says it now has more than 50 million registered users, is announcing the last big piece in its international expansion.
The company launched its first international apps back in June of last year, and this week, it released versions in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Co-founder Mike Lee told me that this brings the total to 14 languages. Read More

MyFitnessPal, a service that allows users to track their calories and share that information with friends, has raised $18 million in its first round of funding.
This seems like one of those stories where a company goes years without raising any funding (MyFitnessPal launched in September 2005) before raising money from top-tier venture firms. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield… Read More

Popular exercise- and nutrition-tracking service MyFitnessPal is making its first significant effort to reach an international audience.
Co-founder Mike Lee said that MyFitnessPal now has “well north of” 40 million registered users. That already includes users in other countries: “In absolute numbers it’s large, but … it’s just a small percentage of our… Read More

Exercise and nutrition tracking service, MyFitnessPal, has partnered with the Bay Area’s second largest employer, the University of California, San Francisco, for a healthy eating program aimed at positively influencing the lifestyle choices of its more than 25,000 employees, visitors, and patients. MyFitnessPal said it will be adding “much” of the food served on… Read More

MyFitnessPal, which allows users to track and share their exercise and nutrition, is rolling out an update that should make it easier to find your friends on the service.
Connecting with friends was an important feature on MyFitnessPal before, but until now, you had to know their email address or user name. With this update, you can log in with Facebook and connect with your Facebook friends… Read More

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MyFitnessPal, which a popular online service for tracking your exercise and nutrition, is launching an API today allowing users to sync their accounts with devices and apps from other companies.
The initial partners include Fitbit, Endomondo, runtastic, and Body Media — which all offer some sort of fitness tracking, either through your smartphone or a special device of their own. Read More